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Your Allergies May Be Getting Worse
Episode 1256
Plants are blooming right now – and so are people's allergies. And if it feels like those pesky symptoms are getting worse ... you're probably right.…
1 year, 6 months ago
All Hail The Butt Flicker
Episode 1255
Did you know there's an insect that can fling its pee 40 times faster than a cheetah accelerates? We did — thanks to a comic from the Bhamla Lab at t…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Do Astronomers Find Exoplanets? Wiggles!
Episode 1254
Dune. Star Wars. Alien. Science fiction movies love alien worlds, and so do we. But how do scientists find planets outside our solar system in real l…
1 year, 6 months ago
Could Psychedelics Become Tripless?
Episode 1253
This week, we've heard from researchers trying to untangle the effects of the "trip" that often comes with psychedelics and ketamine from the ways th…
1 year, 6 months ago
What If You Took The "Trip" Out Of Ketamine?
Episode 1252
What if you could get all the potential benefits of ketamine without the "trip"? For part two of our series on psychedelics, we look at how some rese…
1 year, 6 months ago
Why The Trip Complicates Psychedelic Research
Episode 1251
Researchers are studying psychedelics as a possible treatment for conditions like depression, PTSD and substance use disorders. But they don't know e…
1 year, 6 months ago
Could Running Change Your Brain?
Episode 1250
Running an entire marathon takes a lot of energy. Neuroscientist Carlos Matute knows this: he's run 18 of them. He wondered how runners' bodies get t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Tornado Alley: Home Of Extreme Winds
Episode 1249
Each year, the United States has about 1,200 tornadoes. Many of them happen in tornado alley, a very broad swath of the U.S. that shifts seasonally. …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Iguanas That Rafted To Fiji
Episode 1248
Most iguanas are indigenous to the Americas. So how did the Fijian species end up on the island, nearly 5000 miles away in the South Pacific? Accordi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is AI Ready For Robots?
Episode 1247
It seems like artificial intelligence is everywhere in our virtual lives. It's in our search results and our phones. But what happens when AI moves o…
1 year, 6 months ago